Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-01-28

sion-table can secure a bargain by
callingat this Office.
Mr.. Ed. Moss, Of Pee Dee, gave the
young people OF that place pleasant
dance last Friday night.
The Republican County Commit
tee has been called TO meet at the
Court House Monday week.
The sale of season tickets to Warde's
entertainments closed Wednesday
and single seats are now on sale.
Frank Mccoy, furniture dealer at
Pembroke, made an assignment Tues
day to L. j. Murphy. Liabilities
l,l50.
Lum Stacker, col, was put In Jail
yesterday at noon TO serve out bal
ancc OF SO due on an old fine for gam
bling.
The young people had a pleasant
entertainment at Mr.. J. ID. Dade's
hospitable home on 9th street, last
Monday night.
Rev. Jno. w. Lewis, Of the Metho-
dist church, is helping Rev. w. C.
Hayes, Of Madisonville, ina protract-
ed meeting at that place.
Spencer Diuguid, col, was given
severe beating by his wifi the other
night. after which she called in the
police aud had him sent to jail.
Mr.. Florence Abbott, a popular
young grocer, and Miss Lizzie Boillin
were married al the Catholic church
Clarksville, Tuesday evening, with
much ceremony.
Mr.. X. Twyman has sold lot $50 x
80 feet on South Virginia street TO Mr.
J Ihn Combs, late of Crofton, 800
being the price paid. Mr.. Combs
will build In the spring.
"Helen Lakeman" is being CON-
mended on all sides. II is thrill
ingly interesting story and so far as
we have heard our patrons are great
ly pleased with this new feature.
Mr.. NJ. b. King,of Church Ilillir;n-
serts an advertisement in this issue
for the benefit of those who want TO
buy thoroughbred Berkshire hogs,
Cotswold aud Southdown sheep.
A masquerade party was given by
Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Bledsoe at their
residenc, on Jesup Avenue, last Mon
day night, which was enjoyed huge
ly by the very large crowd who at
tended.
Seventy eight season tickets near
ly one fifth of the main floor seats
were sold for the dramatic festival at
$500 each. The single seats were
put on sale yesterday and 70 were
sold before o o'clock A. NJ.
The regular quarterly meeting of
the Fairview Circuit will be held at
Vaughan's Chapel Saturday and
Sunday, Jan, 20 and 80. Rev. II. f.
Hayes, Presiding Elder, will be pres.
ent and conduct the exercises.
1t is to be hoped that the young la
dies, and the older ones too for that
matter, who attend the dramatic fes-
tival next week will leave their high
bats at home. Many ladies have al
ready signifed their intention to go
without hats and give those behind
them an opportunity to see the plays.
The Winfree-Andersen contest
which was submitted to the court
Monday, was still undecided when
we went to press. Judge Grace is
writing out his Judgment in the case
and going about 1t very deliberately.
The opinion prevails almost univer-
sally that the case will be decided in
Winfree's favor.
DIR. II. M. Sherman, by special re-
quest, is making visits to some Of the
precincts in the country for the bene-
fit of those who are unable to visit
him in the city. He has just made a
successful visit to Crofton, aud on
Feb. 18th. and 10Th, will be in Fair
view, at the resi- dence of Mr.. Richard
Vaughn.
Manager Rodgers is besieged with
letters of inquiry from surrounding
towns from persons who expect to
attend the dramatic festival next
week. There will be a large num-
Der Of visitors in the city and Mr..
Warde will meet with very cordial
reception. The indications are that
he will have crowded houses every
night.
A sensational canard to the effect
that Sheriff 7. B. Pannell, Of Mullen
berg county. had been killed by a
desperate named Hopkins, appeared
in several papers the first ofihe week.
Mr.. Pennell is alive and says he
has not been in the locality where
the alleged killing was reported to
have occurred for two weeks. The
story originated in the fertile brain
Of some over-enterprising cores
pondent.